A twilight view of the southern sky from Lake Audubon on January 26, 2022. Article and photo by FMN Stephen Tzikas You may realize that the southern hemisphere has the awesome Magellanic Clouds in its night sky. Some of us may never get to the southern hemisphere, but there are certain visible stars from Fairfax […]
Photo: J. Quinn Monday, March 21, 2022 7 pm Online Email [email protected] for the link Fairfax Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists will hold their Quarterly Chapter Meeting online on Monday, March 21st at 7 pm. There will be a short business meeting and Margaret Fisher will present on Plant NOVA Trees and the Role of […]
Tuesdays, March 8 and 15, 2022 6:30 pm, meet and greet both evenings Sessions start at 7pm and 8pm both evenings Please register only once for both sessions Join Virginia Native Plant Society for either or both evenings on geology and plants. March 8th’s sessions topics are Land Management Lessons from Piedmont Prairies and Virginia’s […]
Photo courtesy of Plant NOVA Trees Are you ready to brighten up your yard but not to spend hours researching plant choices? You may be a candidate for a native plant “package” that includes plants that thrive in similar landscape conditions. Grouping them together will quickly beautify your property while benefitting the local ecosystem. Trees, […]
Photo: Earth Sangha Starting March 6th, every Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday 10am – 1pm 6100 Cloud Drive, Springfield VA Click here to register and volunteer. Help the Earth Sangha Team get the Wild Plant Nursery ready for Spring propagation. They have a variety of tasks they need help with, including making basic repairs, winter weeding, […]
Photo: John Cameron on Unsplash.com Monday, February 21, 2022 10 am – 1 pm All along Americana Drive, Annandale Learn more and sign up here. Get your brain wet! Join Friends of Accotink Creek, Fairfax County Restoration Project, and neighbors to get trash out of this site of chronic illegal dumping. Be prepared to get […]
Photo: Stream monitoring by Dianna Bridges, VMN New River Valley Chapter Thursday, February 17, 2022 Noon – 1:15 pm Pre-registration required here. Citizen science is the involvement of people who are not professional scientists in real forms of scientific study. Through the Virginia Master Naturalist program, citizen scientists are making important contributions to natural resources […]
Photo courtesy of Douglas Futuyma Sunday, March 27, 2022 3:00 – 4:00 PM ONLINE FREE, but registration is required We all learned that dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago – but now we know that they are still with us today. Join Douglas Futuyma, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution […]
Photo: Sam Hoadley Thursday, March 10, 2022 7 – 8 pm ONLINE Fee: $10 Register here. If you love birds, help them by growing native plants in your yard. Birds cannot live on birdseed alone, but also need to eat native insects – which need native plants for food and shelter. Join Audubon Society of […]
George Mason University Pond, Fairfax Article and photos by FMN Stephen Tzikas We have anchors in life that allow us to perceive familiar surroundings through all sorts of lenses. These anchors could be our home town, places we lived and worked, or other important times in our lives such as education and residency on a […]